The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:

     The Legislative Council (LegCo) Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will hold a public hearing on "Centre for Food Safety: Import control of foods" (Chapter 2) of the Director of Audit's Report No.71 at 9am next Monday (January 7) in Conference Room 2 of the LegCo Complex.
 
     Eight witnesses have been invited to appear before the above hearing to respond to points raised in the Report and answer questions asked by PAC members.
 
     The programme for the public hearing is as follows:
 
Date: January 7 (Monday)
Time: 9am
Venue: Conference Room 2

Subject:
Centre for Food Safety: Import control of foods (Chapter 2 of the Director of Audit's Report No.71)

Witnessess:

Secretary for Food and Health
Professor Sophia Chan

Deputy Secretary for Food and Health (Food)2
Mr Eugene Fung
 
Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene
Miss Vivian Lau
 
Controller, Centre for Food Safety
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Dr Ho Yuk-yin
 
Assistant Director (Risk Management)
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Dr Christine Wong
 
Assistant Director (Corporate and System Management)
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Ms Winnie Lau
 
Assistant Commissioner (Boundary and Ports)
Customs and Excise Department
Ms Louise Ho
 
Head of Land Boundary Command
Customs and Excise Department
Ms Sandra Tam

     PAC is chaired by Mr Abraham Shek, and its Deputy Chairman is Mr Kenneth Leung. Other members include Mr Paul Tse, Mr Steven Ho, Mr Lam Cheuk-ting, Mr Shiu Ka-fai and Ms Tanya Chan.

Ends/Friday, January 4, 2019
Issued at HKT 15:50

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